Points of Pride

National Recognition

For 21 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" guidebook has ranked the University among the 10 top master's universities in the North, the survey's largest and most competitive region. In the 2015 edition of "Best Colleges," Scranton placed 7th in the North. U.S. News also ranked the University among America’s “up and coming” school to watch. Scranton was among just 61 universities in the nation recognized for making “the most promising and innovative changes in area of academics, faculty, student life, campus or facilities.”

The University's MBA program is among the top 15 in the nation for general management according to a national ranking of business schools published by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review.

For the past 13 years, The Princeton Review has included Scranton among its Best Colleges In the 2015 edition, Scranton was also included as one of the top 20 "Best-Run Colleges" by The Princeton Review.

Scranton is one of only 100 colleges and universities in the nation to be named to Templeton Foundation’s Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges.

The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program places The University of Scranton among the top 50 colleges in the nation and second in Pennsylvania based on its earning scale for alumni at mid-career level. The report calculates a 31 percent earnings increase - or “value-added” - of a Scranton education.